bab, n.area/space above; top; surface.
bab
a
bebul,
melidiul,
a
sils
a
ngar
bab;
skoki
a
merael
er
a
bab.
bebukn.poss.1s
bebumn.poss.2s
bebuln.poss.3s
bebul
a
ngar
er
a
bab
er
ngii,
bebul
a
tebel.
bebmamn.poss.1pe
bebudn.poss.1pi
bebmiun.poss.2p
bebrirn.poss.3p
bebul a daobexpr.surface of the sea.
bebul a tebelexpr.top of the table.
Examples:
A
klok
a
ngar
er
a
bebuk.
> The clock is up there above me.
A
Tony
a
ngar
er
a
bab
el
chad.
> Tony is higher in the rank.
Bo
mkodir
se
el
kob
er
a
bebul
a
tebel;
a
John
a
mlo
kmedii
a
kob
er
a
bebul
a
tebel;
a
John
a
kiledir
a
kob
er
a
bebul
a
tebel.
> Put the cup on the table; John was putting the cup on the table (just now, recently); John put the cup on the table (yesterday, a week ago, etc.).
A
Droteo
a
kie
er
a
bab.
> Droteo lives upstairs.
A
bebul
a
tebel
a
mla
mo
dekimes.
> The top of the table has gotten wet.
Proverbs:
Ng
ko
er
a
chelid
er
a
Ngebuked,
el
di
rirekir
er
a
bab.
> Like the gods of Ngebukd, completed up above.
As part of the festivities of a village feast or in celebration of some event, such as the completion of a community hall, Palauan young people produce a variety of named dances. One type of dance, called ruk, was never conducted in Ngebukd (in Ngaraard, northern Palau). It was said that the gods of the village had done their dancing in heaven before coming to earth and thus it was not necessary for the people of Ngebukd to dance. The saying pertains to a completed task, indicating to another that the work need not be repeated.
Ke
ko
er
a
kuaol
el
sbungel
er
bab
me
iou.
> You're like a fish bait which can be eaten or pecked from the top and bottom.
You don't know what to do because chores keep coming in from left and right.
More Examples:
Ng
mla
mo
suibes
a
deromukang
me
ng
omelloes
er
a
bab.
> The drum was overfull and flowed over the top.
Mnguu
a
hong
el
loia
er
a
bebul
a
tebel.
> Put the book on top of the dest
Mnguu
a
oluches
el
loia
er
a
bebul
a
hong.
> Put the pencil on top of the book.
Se
el
ongeru
el
chelbel
ngar
er
ngii
a
mesil
er
a
dembo
me
a
ike
el
berotel
tekoi
er
a
mekemad
e
dirrek
el
obis
er
a
ngar
bab
el
soldau
er
a
Siabal.
> On the second floor was a transmitting command post, aircraft-unit command post, and an officer's room.
Ng
ngarang
a
ngar
er
a
bebul
 a
tebel
> What is on the table or desk?
ngar, v.s.be (located); exist; be alive.
ngar
a
outeliil;
chad
a
ngar;
ngar
er
ngii
a
klengar
er
ngii;
charm
a
ngar.
ngar ngiicont.ngar er ngii
ngarkercont.ngar er ker
ngar er a bab a rengulexpr.conceited; disrespectful; proud; arrogant; haughty; snobbish.
ngar er a bab el chadexpr.one's superior; wealthy/well-to-do person.
ngar er a eou a rengulexpr.(person is) humble/respectful.
ngar er ngiiexpr.there is.
ngar kerexpr.where is it.
Examples:
A
Tony
a
ngar
er
a
bab
el
chad.
> Tony is higher in the rank.
Ng
ungilbesum
el
ngar
er
tilechang?
> Are you comfortable over there?
Aika
el
merkong
el
elolem
el
buil
e
ng
ngar
ngii
a
dellemelem
el
mla
mekang
er
a
beab?
> In the past 6 months have rats eaten your plants?
Ng
ngar
er
ker
a
blalech
er
kau?
> Where's your slingshot wound?
Ng
ngar
er
ngii
a
ngodech
el
basio
el
chomomdasu
e
ng
dirrek
el
kirel
mo
er
ngii
a
bul
er
ngii?
> Is there any other areas that you think to be protected?
Proverbs:
Melim
e
menga
er
a
ngar
er
a
ucharm.
> To eat and drink by the mast tip.
The ucharm (bird) is the hardwood tip at the top of the canoe mast. The person to whom the idiom is applied is accused of thriving on gifts from other places. Particularly it may be applied to persons of a highranking village who rather expect that visitors in canoes from other villages will come provisioned with gifts-thus, those who watch for the canoes. Sometimes the idiom goes: Ngkora chad ra Oreor, "Like the man of Koror," with reference to the high ranking community of Koror in central Palau.
Ng
kora
osechel
a
mengur,
el
di
ngar
er
a
milkolk
el
mo
er
a
milkolk.
> Like coconut water, passing from darkness to darkness.
Water, drunk from a coconut, passes from the dark of the nut to the dark of the mouth. Some discussions, such as those of village leaders, are secretively passed from mouth to mouth without public discussion.
Ngar
er
a
eseos
e
olengimech
el
mera
dalem.
> From the mature tree the sapling dribbles.
Eseos is a mature tree, dalm is a sapling; olengimech means to drip, drizzle, or dribble. Application is to the similarity of the child to its parents, generally its father.
Ng
ngar
ngii
a
melebisech
er
a
chutem
e
imiit
> Are there any who spear at the ground and miss?
Used to describe something that is easily accomplished.
More Examples:
Ngar
er
ngii
a
kleai
el
mado.
> There are eight windows.
Tilechang
ngar
er
ker?
> Where is that?
A
bechik
a
ngar
er
ngii
a
ngelekel.
> My spouse has a kid.
Ngar
er
ngii
a
keliu
er
a
kebesengei?
> Do you have food for tonight?
A
orekemel
ngii
el
udoud
a
diak
di
lultuil
er
a
klungel
el
meliuekl,
ng
mo
uldak
er
a
rengelel
a
omelsechel
me
a
ngeiul
el
mo
er
a
Beluulechab
el
ngar
er
a
debii.
> The value of such stone money is not only the sheer size of the discs, but the physical and treacherous labor of carving them, and then transporting them back to Yap via outrigger canoe.

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